It’s worth noting that the terms are (intentionally?) designed to be generous and a pay over market-rate. I suspect this is a feature, not a bug, and the terms are intended to be a mild subsidy to the buyer. The US has many policies that subsidize US citizens and exclude non-Americans; this one doesn’t stand out to me as being particularly unusual. (I don’t particularly endorse this policy posture, but I note that it exists.)
Brainstorming a bit, it seems plausible that the program could include non-citizen taxpayers. If it was truly open to non-taxpayers, then it would amount to a subsidy of non-residents with citizen+resident tax dollars, which the US government is mostly opposed to, as policy.
What’s with the US citizen limit? It’s almost as if they want to fiscriminate* against non American citizens.
*initially a typo, but I endorse it
I don’t know.
It’s worth noting that the terms are (intentionally?) designed to be generous and a pay over market-rate. I suspect this is a feature, not a bug, and the terms are intended to be a mild subsidy to the buyer. The US has many policies that subsidize US citizens and exclude non-Americans; this one doesn’t stand out to me as being particularly unusual. (I don’t particularly endorse this policy posture, but I note that it exists.)
Brainstorming a bit, it seems plausible that the program could include non-citizen taxpayers. If it was truly open to non-taxpayers, then it would amount to a subsidy of non-residents with citizen+resident tax dollars, which the US government is mostly opposed to, as policy.